And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongeber.
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Gill's Exposition
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah,.... A city in the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:44.
prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah; an idolatrous prince,…
Adam Clarke
To go to Tarshish - "In the great sea." - Targum. By which expression they always meant the Mediterranean Sea.
We are now drawing towards the close of the history of Jehoshaphat's reign, for a further account of which those who lived when this book was published were referred to an authentic history of it,…
Cambridge Bible
ships to goto Tarshish In Kings, ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir:cp. 2Ch 9:21 (1Ki 10:22), note. In both passages the reading of Kings, "ships (or -navy") ofTarshish," i.e. large sea-going ships (cp.…